Back at the hotel, Kennedy slowly turns around in the hot water from the pulsating showerhead. The pelting water feels good on her shoulders. “I wish Willow were doing this instead,” she thinks to herself. But, Willow was still on the phone with Giles. He was frantically working with the other Former-Potentials-now-full-fledged-Slayers to get their new training camp up and functional before new girls started to arrive. It seems strange that only a week ago they were standing next to what Kennedy now called Sunnypit. The gaping hole that was once the Hellmouth stretching far in front of them. “How could such a place produce someone like Willow?” she thought for what seemed like the millionth time.

“Babe? Wow, are you, like, using any cold water? This place is a sauna.”

Giggling, Kennedy responds, “It wasn’t like this until I started thinking about you.”

“Oh…. OH! Really?”

“Always… Sexy! So, what’s up? Did Giles have any interesting news? You two were on the phone a while.”

“Oh yeah. He says things are going great there. After we left, Buffy and Xander headed to London. Faith, Principal Wood, and Jonathon went to Hong Kong. I still think it’s strange that he speaks so many languages! I guess once you learn Klingon, they all come easy. Anyways, he wants us to look for a specific girl by the name of Sasha tomorrow. And he wants us to test her tomorrow night. I told him it was too early, but he thinks you can handle anything that may come up.”

Kennedy grinned to herself; “At least the grumpy codger has faith in me… unlike some of the other people I’ve been around in my life.”

“Anything else?”

“Yes, he said to take her to the slaughter house district for her testing. Vamps will be out in full force around that place… with all the blood and guts around there.”

“Good point. And what about you and Dawn?”

“We will be at the library digging up records on their computers.”

“Good,” said Kennedy as she turned the water off and slid open the shower curtain. “It’ll be better for me if I’m not worrying about you.”

Willow sucked in her breath sharply. “Wow… it’s like, the first time I’ve seen you naked since the night before… you know.”